And you can tell the writers who do it - Robert Stone, for example, who with each new novel is doing something… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
We have people say, 'There's not enough women writers.' I have a writers room that is almost nothing but women over at… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling… — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
There's no path to being a writer that's applicable to everyone. Some young writers have the fortitude to work in a vacuum.… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
“Writers, when they’re good, open windows to worlds held precious and priceless by the soul. It is a sad day when they… — psyche roxas-mendoza Copy Share Image
“What broke your heart so bad That you had to close every door, That you say you have a dark soul And… — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
“Writing the same kind of material is no guarantee you'll be working from the same ethos so that writers from different fields… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
You're saying it wasn't your insecurities but in actuality, that's what made you leave. Now although the relationship is dead, I can't… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
Writers who hedge their use of unfamiliar, infrequent, or informal words with 'I know that's not a real word,' hoping to distance… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
I am suspicious of writers who say their work is original and influenced by nobody. If it is, it is probably uninteresting.… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
If you dig deep and keep peeling the onion, artists and freelance writers are the leaders in society - the people who… — Allan Savory Copy Share Image
I think what I wanted to do was meet someone who knew more than me about songwriting structure and progressions and middle… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
“She meant you have to live a story for a time.' 'And?' 'And then you can write it, in time. What have… — L.L. Barkat Copy Share Image
“If she was going to write a novel, she felt defeated before she began, because someone might be coming along to pick… — L.L. Barkat Copy Share Image
I kind of have an interest in all history. And I suspect it comes from being Irish - we like stories, we… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
“Most people keep their dreams to themselves, afraid to follow their hearts. Writers make their dreams a reality with each word, each… — CK Webb Copy Share Image
I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didnt have any phone service… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
I know very few writers who outline fully before they start. It just doesn't seem possible to do, because so many things… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The novelist's obligation to remake the sensuous texture of a vanished world is also the historian's. The strongest fiction writers often do… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film.… — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
The same issue is happening on a show like Everybody Loves Raymond now, which is in its eighth year and struggling to… — William Devane Copy Share Image
I'm a little harsh. When people say, 'I have writers block. What do you suggest?' I say, 'If you can't write, don't… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
All writers know in advance that they are not going be able to reproduce in its wonderful fullness the thing that's in… — Mary Jo Salter Copy Share Image
A lot of writers dream of feature films, but television - by way of TNT, CBS, Lifetime, and Hallmark Hall of Fame… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
“Do you know how you can tell a professional writer from an amateur?" "No." "An amateur worries about the work before starting.… — Avi Copy Share Image
The shows I've been working on, especially 'Parenthood' and 'Friday Night Lights,' I think are completely character-driven stories. I think, for most… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
It's misleading to think of writers as special creatures, word sorcerers who possess some sort of magical knowledge hidden from everyone else.… — Ralph Fletcher Copy Share Image
I feel I should defer to the writers and the directors because they're the ones who have the complete vision. They see… — Shoshannah Stern Copy Share Image
I write sometimes when I'm sad, I write sometimes when I'm lonely, I write sometimes when I'm afraid, but most of all… — Ana Chable Copy Share Image
“The more the words of others impressed him with their factual content, the more he felt he must wait for his own… — Louis Zukofsky Copy Share Image
As writers, the world is not about individual expression entirely because we are producing works of literature and getting them out into… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
Writers feel that they can't afford to wait. They must do it now, and they are so clever, and there is so… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
Writers have it easy. If you write a bestseller or have your book made into a movie, you'll never have to work… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
There are major writers who have written books [based on my research]. If one looks carefully at the copyright page, you'll see… — Lawrence Schiller Copy Share Image
Most serious writers refuse to make themselves available to the things that technology is doing. I've never been able to understand this… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
It is a commonplace to say that novelists should be judged by their work rather than their private lives or their publicly… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
I have been fighting writing songs for a long time. People keep telling me I should write, and other writers have offered… — Martina McBride Copy Share Image
“The art of writing is not as solitary as one might think. When it finally dawns on us one day that our… — Hal Zina Bennett Copy Share Image